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A girl uses a piece of radiographic material to watch the solar eclipse in Valparaiso City.

Spectacular solar eclipse over the Pacific A TOTAL solar eclipse drew an 11,000 km arc over the Pacific Sunday, plunging remote isles into darkness in a heavenly display climaxing on mysterious Easter Island...

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The presidential residence Bellevue palace is illuminated by fireworks during a summer reception of newly elected German President Christian Wulff in Berlin. Former conservative Christian Democratic Union party (CDU) Lower Saxony premier Christian Wulff became Germany's 10th post-war...

A visitor points to a Grey Nurse shark as it swims by at the Sydney Aquarium. The Aquarium has been transformed for a limited time into Shark HQ, an interactive shark adventure where the public can track individual sharks up and down the coast and walk down tunnels displaying one of the...

Rows of headstones are aligned in Area 60 in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. -- PHOTO: AP A fan wears a mask as he watches play during the second round of the AT&T National at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania. -- PHOTO: AFP Job seekers look online for...

French Singer Charlotte Gainsbourg performs on stage during the 22nd Eurockeennes music festival in Belfort, in eastern France. -- PHOTO: AFP Clouds form a tropical storm over Havana. The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to Nov. 30 and meteorologists predict this year will be a...

Fireworks explode behind a statue of Rudolf Brun, the former mayor of Zurich, during the Zuri Faescht festival. Held every three years on the first weekend of July, the carnival offers air, water and land displays around town. -- PHOTO: REUTERS Passersby walk past a full-scale balloon...

In this photo taken on June 28, 2010, Karen Rogers swims laps in the Bay in San Francisco. Rogers, 43, plans to swim from the Farallon islands to San Francisco bay on Friday. If successful, she will become the third person to accomplish the swim. -- PHOTO: AP South Korean actor So Ji-Sub...

Musicians flies over the audience during the official presentation of the cycling teams on Friday in Rotterdam on the Northern sea, two days before the start of the 97th edition of the Tour de France cycling race. -- PHOTO: AFP Labourers pour molten iron into a container at a foundry in...

Philippine honour guards are in formation during the rehearsal at the Quirino grandstand in Manila, in preparation for the inauguration of President-elect Benigno Aquino. Benigno Aquino will take over as president of the Philippines amid great hopes for change. -- PHOTO: AFP Filipino...

Fireworks from Lancaster, Pa. Catholic High School's Carnival light up the sky backdropped by a full Moon. --PHOTO: AP Birds are caught in flight in Grand Bay east of Port Sulphur, La. --PHOTO: AP Men drive a truck through a flooded road in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, this summer's...

Turkish homosexuals and human rights activists chant slogans as they hold a giant rainbow flag during the Gay Pride Parade march on Istiklal Avenue in Istanbul. --PHOTO: AFP A buoy that washed ashore is seen stained with oil residue from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of...

The full moon shines down on the sculpture Fama on the roof of the Academy of arts (Kunstakademie) in Dresden, eastern Germany. --PHOTO: AFP The Blue Man Group performs at the 37th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards in Las Vegas. --PHOTO: AP Seagulls are seen on the beach as oil residue...

11 July 2010 - 09H32 Deadly British fugitive siege under investigation Forensics officers at the scene of an armed stand-off in Rothbury, northeast England. British police were under...

First, he kicks her dog, then he stabs her for scolding him Mentally-ill Taiwan man puts S'porean woman in ICU By Vivien Chan It was quiet in the shoe shop at the time. Then two female employees heard a loud commotion outside. They looked out and were shocked to see a man whip out a knife...